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St Joseph Water System

Serves an area of Lawrence County, TN that includes St. Joseph · 1,533 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 17 monitoring/reporting issues for St Joseph Water System in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • TN0000604
  • ST. JOSEPH
  • TN
  • 1,533 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater under direct influence
ZIP 38481
EPA system ID TN0000604

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
17

Key facts

  • St Joseph Water System draws water from 1 spring.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Tennessee, February 2023.
  • Record on file since 1979, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 561 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Active
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Mar 1, 2025 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Nov 1, 2024 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Active
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Mar 9, 2022 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Feb 1, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Active
Enforcement action in place
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Active
Enforcement action in place
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
OTHER
 Apr 1, 2020 Active
Enforcement action in place
Public Notice
OTHER
 Mar 27, 2020 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
OTHER
 Jan 1, 2019 Active
Enforcement action in place
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 30, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 8, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1979

EPA's records for St Joseph Water System go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (1 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 18 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 1
1980s 1 0
1990s 1 4
2000s 0 7
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 6
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 4
2020s 0 13

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began January 1994, Resolved.

Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1994 Resolved
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 15, 1982 Archived

Enforcement actions

Tennessee regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against St Joseph Water System between 2005 and 2023. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in February 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Feb 6, 2023 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 7 violations: Consumer Confidence Rule, Revised Total Coliform Rule, Public Notice, Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Jun 22, 2018 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 7 violations: Public Notice, Chlorine, Total Coliform, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Oct 1, 2009 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 3 violations: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Total Coliform, Chlorine
Aug 31, 2005 Tennessee Compliance order with a penalty 4 violations: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

St Joseph Water System draws water from 1 spring. 1 other community water system buys water from St Joseph Water System.

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Annual water quality report

St Joseph Water System must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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Testing your own water

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